1 year 9 months on....

Here we are 21 months post surgery, and I'm doing well - the replacement pacer works as effectively as the old one - not saying that there is not the odd glitch, I do still get bloated, nauseous and vomit, but it is manageable.
I managed to get gastroenteritis a couple of weeks ago, and I am still waiting for my stomach to settle back into it's 'norm' - but in the past I have found that the pacer requires an adjustment following this kind of bug, so at the moment I'm just keeping my fingers crossed!
I've also started at college, doing a pre degree course. It's been challenging to say the least, as yes the stress has had an effect on my stomach and I am exhausted a lot of the time - but I am approaching this with a no pain no gain kind of attitude, and my daily mantra is 'I can do this, I can do this....' - fingers crossed I succeed.
I also still run the Gastroparesis 'R' Us support group on Facebook, and it now comes under the new resource facility called the Gastroparesis Resource Hub or GPRH for short - the new website can be found at http://gpresourcehub.weebly.com/
Take care everyone
Sammie x

One year post op

Well my replacement pacer was a year old on 9th April - it's been an eventful year for me on a personal level and on a 'unrelated to gastroparesis health issues' level.
The pacer has done it's job effectively throughout this, and coped fairly well with my increased stress levels.
Approximately 12 weeks ago I began to bloat more, and within a couple of weeks the nausea/vomiting had begun to increase too - which pointed to an adjustment being due. Whilst awaiting the adjustment appointment the symptoms proved annoying but more or less manageable.
The pacer settings were tweeked two days ago and hopefully I will be back to my form of 'normal' soon.
The incision is tidy and is becoming paler as time goes by - although from the previous pacer surgery I would anticipated that it will remain pretty much the same.